Chapter 587

Maja just glanced at her phone.

Noticing it was late, she nonchalantly said, “Mr. Raymond, I gotta bounce.*

tan didn’t react, only the sound of his door closing could be heard.

As Maja reached the hotel lobby, a wave of sadness washed over her.

She looked up at the sky, trying to keep the tears from falling.

Then Zoey called.

Zoey would call at least three times a day, reporting on company matters.

But this call wasn’t about the company; it was about the legal team.

“Ms. Pennyfeather, we’ve gotten wind of who’s taken the fall for the Shepard family, It’s Dalia’s son, who’s currently in the slammer. The whole thing’s stirred up a lot of chitchat; even the big shots are paying attention. With solid evidence, things moved quickly, and they’ve taken him away. Dalia is busy scrambling around, hoping to bail her son out. If all goes as expected, he’d be looking at a ten–year sentence.”

It turned out it was someone she knew.

Maja quickly slapped herself in the face, trying to shake off the sadness. She didn’t even notice that lan had followed her out.

He seemed worried about her heading home alone so late.

her on the phone, laughing and chatting, seemingly unaffected by his matters, he was almost unable to contain the

legal team on the case. If Dalia’s son gets a ten–year

with lan standing behind her.

her clash with

seemed natural that she would take on the Shepard family.

her way. So after she hung up the

from the smoke and,

turned around to see him

cigarette elegantly,

will I keep the Shepard family’s company from going under, but I’ll also protect them.”

do it, and it wouldn’t be a

at a loss for words.

prodigy in the financial world. He was ruthless with his enemies, and no

rarely took action himself, but when he

now

all her recent efforts

she was nothing more than a

grabbed her

strong nicotine taste but rather a mild one. It must have

eyes reddening from

let her go, looking at her with a hint of ruthlessness in

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